Circa 2019 o.o

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Scientists at Caltech have discovered a way to levitate small objects using only beams of laser light. They can also lock on and manipulate the objects.

The community at Earthship Biotecture wants to teach you how to live sustainably, one earth-rammed tire and discarded bottle at a time.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMEGlHbLa0xaSlpHS5OKoyg

If you have an interest in mind uploading, there is an upcoming event to watch. They even scheduled it so that you can still catch the Super Bowl! 🤣

On Sunday, February 2 at 11am US Pacific Time (7pm GMT):

Journal Club

This Journal Club meeting will be presented by Michael Cerullo, psychiatrist and philosopher.

Michael will be presenting and discussing a paper by Hilary Putnam, titled “Minds and Machines.”

Circa 2017

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The suit’s watch is resistant to nuclear blasts, has a self-winding mechanism and operates underwater.

Researchers were “stunned” when they discovered the remnants of a huge, fossilized shark head in the walls of a cave in Kentucky. The remains of the ancient animal were found in Mammoth Cave National Park, which according to the National Park Service is the world’s longest cave system.

The shark fossil, which was discovered by scientists who were investigating the cave system, is thought to be up to about 330 million years old, according to John-Paul Hodnett, a paleontologist and program coordinator at Dinosaur Park in Maryland.

The scientists sent Hodnett photos of the findings so he could help identify them. He was able to identify most of the fossils, but what got him “really excited” was to see a number of shark teeth associated with large sections of fossilized cartilage.

My day was completely ruined yesterday when I stumbled upon a fun fact that absolutely obliterated my mind. I saw this tweet yesterday that said that not everyone has an internal monologue in their head. All my life, I could hear my voice in my head and speak in full sentences as if I was talking out loud. I thought everyone experienced this, so I did not believe that it could be true at that time.

Literally the first person I asked was a classmate of mine who said that she can not “hear” her voice in her mind. I asked her if she could have a conversation with herself in her head and she looked at me funny like I was the weird one in this situation. So I began to become more intrigued. Most peo ple I asked said that they have this internal monologue that is running ram pant throughout the day. However, every once in a while, someone would say that they don’t experience this.

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These scientists keep proving that reducing prejudice is possible. It’s just not easy.

Shell middens and a potential ancient hearth add to growing evidence of a much deeper human occupation period in Australasia (prehistoric Sahul).

A meticulously detailed 11 years research program has concluded that there is compelling evidence for a human presence 120,000 years at Moyjil, Point Richie, on the far south coast of Victoria.

Excavation in basal calcrete at Moyjil containing burnt stones and charcoal. Image credit – Ian J. McNiven.